Natural hazards · Kingman

Kingman, AZ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kingman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 22 claims here since 1981. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Kingman?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kingman to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding57%Heat waves19%Wildfire16%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Kingman faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Heat waves

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Wildfire

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesCold wavesDroughtTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Kingman flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Kingman, from FEMA’s records.

22paid claims since 1981

$210Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19812026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Kingman isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Mohave County.

Disasters that hit Kingman

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Kingman itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Kingman.

Brought FEMA money into KingmanDeclared for Mohave County only

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$60K to the City of Kingman for repairs

Mohave County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.

Around Kingman

Kingman and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

McConnicomostly inland floodingVery high

Clacks Canyonmostly wildfiresVery high

New Kingman-Butlermostly inland floodingHigh

Kingmanmostly inland floodingModerate

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Kingman covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kingman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kingman. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Kingman total about $6.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.